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ACCM6000 Capstone-Research Project - Kaplan Business School
Task
Your instructor will assign you one of four airline companies to research and write a 2500 word business report based upon topics discussed each week throughout the trimester. You are required to obtain the 2020 Annual Report for the company you have been assigned to work on. You must answer all questions in this Group Assignment using the 2020 Annual Report and do other research relating to your company. Group work will be conducted in the class and allow you to analyse topics discuss each week and their impact upon your company. Your weekly contribution will be assessed.
Assessment Description
This assignment is designed to assist you in the thorough investigation of your company, particularly the financial statements, and the governance, ethics and sustainability approaches of your airline. This assignment requires you to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of your organisation through detailed research, including but not limited to interpretation of financial statement data and other information likely to be included in an annual report. Importantly, the business report must communicate key findings to accountants and non-accountants alike.
The assignment includes a focus on the details and complexities of real world financial statements and the best submissions will provide insights that the untrained eye may miss.
Learning Objective:
After completing this Group Assignment, you will be able to:
1) Research information about the selected company (using multiple sources)
2) Interpret key financial details of the financial statements
3) Understand and detail the corporate governance and ethical policies of the company.
4) Understand and detail the sustainability policies of the company.
5) Outline your key findings and recommend improvements for your company in your conclusion.
Assessment Instructions
Each group is required to write a report that clearly articulates the organisation's recent performance and options for improvement.
Please evaluate the selected organisation's as follows:
• Benchmark the company's performance against two other companies in the same industry.
• Evaluate the financial performance of the company (at least two years data).
• What is the company's approach to governance and ethics?
• What is the company's approach to sustainability?
• Recommend four actions that the company should undertake to improve its performance and viability.
In undertaking this analysis students are expected to include comparisons with competitor's financial statements as well as an appreciation of industry norms and practices in the areas of governance, ethics and sustainability. Students are required to develop recommendations to promote future performance improvements and demonstrate an understanding of financial matters that may have inhibited the company's' organisational development. (LO1-LO5). Please refer to any relevant accounting theories to explain findings and/or recommendations. Please also consider the likelihood of corporate failure in the short to medium term.
Sections of the report should include (but are not limited to) the following areas:
• An Executive Summary that summarises the key findings.
• An Introduction that summarises the purpose of the report.
• An evaluation of the company's financial statements and concerns about the financial statements, including the risk of corporate failure and how does the company's performance compare with other like companies of the same industry.
• A specific outline of the organisation's approach to governance and ethics.
• A specific outline of the company's approach to sustainability.
• A summary of recommendations that identify areas of focus and opportunity to enhance the organisation's performance in the future.
• A conclusion.
• References.
Students are encouraged to use a wide variety of information sources including (but not limited to) the following:
• The organisation's annual report
• SWOT analysis of other airlines
• Benchmarking analysis of competitor airlines
• Competitor's annual reports
• Academic journal articles and texts (if relevant)
• Media articles on the airline company
• Information from professional accounting bodies (e.g. CAANZ)
Attachment:- Capstone-Research Project.rar